Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu Meets With Boston Area Small Business Leaders To Discuss Impact Of Federal Program For Small Businesses; Media Availability Will Follow Meeting

BOSTON, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by ADS Ventures, Inc.:

WHO:

U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu (D-LA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

ML Mackey, CEO of Beacon Interactive Systems

Mike MacEwen, President, Beacon Interactive

Dave Green, President and CEO, PSI

Steve Genesreti, CFO, PSI

Bob Treiber, President, Boston Engineering

Greg Zacharias, President and Senior Principal Scientist, Charles River Analytics

Jeff Gilling, CEO, Diamond Antenna

Kunal Mehra, VP, Strategy and Market Development, Scientific Systems

Joe Kunze, Founder, President and CEO, SI2 Technologies

Mike Squillante, VP of Research, Radiation Monitoring Devices

Ken Mahmud, Chief Technology Officer, Triton Systems

WHAT: Senator Mary L. Landrieu (D-LA), Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, sponsored the Small Business Innovation Research Program, which increases small business participation in federal research and development. The program has helped Boston area companies grow and create jobs. Sen. Landrieu will meet with Boston small business leaders to discuss how the program has impacted their businesses, how it can be improved and her committee's priorities for legislation that will continue to help small businesses. Following the meeting, Sen. Landrieu and the business leaders will hold a press availability to answer questions from the media.

WHEN: Friday April 5, 2013 at 9:15 a.m. Participants will be available to the press at 10:15.